Device for holding eyebrow or gray hair pencils



L P. J. KORDISH' 2,660,181

DEVICE FOR HOLDING EYEBROW OR GRAY HAIR PENCILS Nov. 24, 1953 FiledMarch 21, 1952 INVENTOR PAUL J. KoczmsH ATTORNEYS re hair P nci s n post o sa ar a ed obl uel to the eth or the 3 want, tee h tir some;

Patented Nov. 24, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DEVICE FOR-HOLDINGEYEBROW OR GRAY HAIIR PENQIL m1 J. tarnis Marshal, 91 11) ApplicationMarch 21, 1952, Serial N0. 27'L324 5 Claims. (Cl. 13,2?11) Th inventionre ates to a devic attaohab to a conventionally io med hair comb, anadapted by reason of ts pa ticular c nstruction .for up orting aplurality oi ey brow pencils o pencils used to color ray hair f rhePHFDO E ,of

disguising the appearance of the, same.

."Eyebrow pencils and grayhair pencils are both well known, and arewidely used. owever, t i

difiicult to apply said pencils to a particular location in a, mannerwhereby the pencils will be held steady and directed alon the des dpath.

Accordingly, it is the broad obje t of h present invention to provide ameans adapted to support one or more eyebrow or gray hair pencils,

and to permit said pencils to be guided steadily along desired paths.

Anotherimportant object is to provide a means DI the characterreferred-to which, if desired, can be used for penciling eyebrows, andwhich is at v the same time so formed as to hold a series of grayhairpencils in a particular position relative to; the teeth .01 aconventional hair comb, whereby to permit said gray hair pencils tocolor or disguise gray hairs when the comb is drawn over the scalp inthe usual manner.

"Qth ro jects will app ar ir m th renewin (description, he claimsappended thereto and iron; the ,anncxeddrawingiin hh. ike refernce chaact rs designate l ke pa ts th oughou theseveral views. and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a device te med accordance withthe present invent on. as it a pears when mounted noo a c vention,- allyformed hair comb;

Figure 2 is atop plan view of the device and of th comb n W ich the deice i m nted;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional vi w take on line 3--3 of Fi ure l;and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the combenga ng clip .oi the devic Inthe rawi s, the ref r nce nume al 10. ha be n appl ed n rally t eonventi nal hair comb havin an elongate back piece I2 n egral- Yetanother important object is to provide a v the back piece and s lected,paced teeth of a conventionally-iorrned hair comb. Moun ed 11119 he o an -e i p ne means. said means c mpris n one or more pencil supportmember 1 ea h o h ch s a ach d at one nd to the clip 15ers membershaving pencil-engagin clamps s ace la l o the cl p a d so o m d n arrage re i o-th lip as o r p eyebr wo come and h v thoir tips ex nd d ntospace semen adi oon ai s r .saidt eth- Wh n the cc is used to supportaplura i y o pencils, said p nails are so ar ang d, due to the relativeab enga i g clamps as t I ction of their ti s, thus to the tips at th.pencil -to he disposedn a n which said ties alternat inwhiohsaid oehyformed with a lon itudinal series of, com teeth l4.-

resent invention includes a clip des nated gene-rally. by the referencenumeral l 5,.said .cl-i-p being ,of integral formation and being readilyvformed from a single blanket flat metal material.

Alternatively, the clip, as will appear from the description to beprovided hereinafter, can .be

znolded of plastic or the like, and it is :to be understood that withinthe scope of the appended claims, I donot desire to 'be limited to anyparticular materials.

In any event, theclip 16- includes a flat genorally rectangular plate l8adapted to be positioned along one side of the comb, in a mannerparticularly well illustrated in Figure l and-in Figure 3. The plate 18,along one longitudinal edge thereof, is formed with a flange 20, thatextends fully from end toend of the plate in the preferred'embodiment ofthe invention.

The flange 20 is so formed as to engage over the back piecel-Z of thecomb (Figure 3'), and to this end is formed to a hooklike,cross-sectional configuration.

At opposite ends of the plate I8, I cut the plate inwardly as at 22, toprovide portions that are io dable inward y owa d one another to m endflanges 24. flhe end an es 24, like the back piece-engaging dance 20,are of hools like cross- -se on, said end flan es ein adapted foreneasement about selected. spac d teeth 1 .0.15 th haircom a peoihenppine means has heendesignated re at 2. andindndes one ormore penciI sliphort'fmembers each or wh h. oi integra ormation, pencil supportsnembe sarepf like construction, and hence, the description of one willsufiice for all.

Each pencil support member includes an elongated, straight, intermediateportion 28 that extends laterally from the plate (8 (Figure 3) and isdisposed obliquely to the plane of the plate. At their inner ends, thepencil support members are formed with fiat end portions 30 integralwith the intermediate portions, said fiat end portions being positionedagainst the outer surface of the plate l8 and being connected to saidplate by means of rivets 32 extending through openings 34 formed in theplate.

At their outer ends, the respective pencil support members are formedwith annular, split clamps 36 adapted to extend about and springablygrip eyebrow or gray hair pencils 38. The clamps 36, in this connection,are so formed as to have their axes arranged obliquely to the plate I8,and hence to the plane of the series of comb teeth l4. As a result, thepencils 38 gripped by the clamps 36 will also have their axes disposedobliquely, to the plane of the series of comb teeth, for extension ofthe tips of the pencils into spaces 40 defined between each pair ofadjacent teeth of said series.

As will be noted from Figures 1 and 2, the respective clamps 36 are sodisposed, relative to one another, as to cause the several pencils 38 toconverge in the direction of their tips, this construction being desiredfor the purpose of causing the tips of the pencils to be spacedsufficiently closely from one another as to be extendable into adjacentspaces 40 of the comb.

It is obvious that if desired, the device can be used for the purpose ofsupporting only one pencil 38. This might be desirable if, for example,the user is penciling her eyebrows. In any event, and assuming that theeyebrows are being penciled, it is merely necessary that the user drawthe comb along the eyebrows, so as to comb the eyebrows while at thesame time coloring them.

If the device is being used to support a plurality of gray hair pencils,the pencils are engaged in the clamps 35 in the manner illustrated inFigures 7 of the comb, so as to cause the flanges 24 to be forcedlaterally into spaces between selected teeth of the comb. As the endflanges 2d are forced into said spaces, they will spread the teeth andwill hook about the teeth when the device is in the final positionthereof illustrated in Figure 3. In removing the device, the teeth wouldbe manually spread for disengagement of the end flanges It is believedapparent that the invention is not necessarily confined to the specificuse or uses thereof described above, since it may be utilized for anypurpose to which it may be suited. Nor is the invention to benecessarily limited to the specific construction illustrated anddescribed, since such construction is only intended to be illustrativeof the principles of operation and the 7 means presently devised tocarry out said principles, it being considered that the invention Thegray hairs guided into said comprehends any minor changes inconstruction that may be permitted Within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What is claimed is: r

1. A holder for an eyebrow and gray hair concealing pencil, comprising:a clip adapted for connection to a hair comb having a back piece andspaced teeth, said clip including a plate member, and hook means on saidplate member engageable about the back piece and spaced teeth of thecomb respectively; and at least one pencil holder carried by e plate ofthe p and cluding pencil-gripping means so arranged relative to theplate of the clip as to support a pencil in angular relation withrespect to said plate member for extension of the tip of the pencil intothe space between a selected pair of adjacent teeth of the comb.

2. A holder for an, eyebrow and gray hairconcealing pencil, comprising:a clip adapted for connection to a hair comb having a back piece andspaced teeth, said clip including a plate and flanges of hook-likecross-section extending along one side and the respective end edges ofthe plate and adapted to engage about the back piece and selected,spaced teeth of the comb respectively; and at least one pencil holdercarried by the plate of the clip and including pencil-gripping means soarranged relative to the cli as to support a pencil in angular relationwith respect to said plate for extension of the tip of a pencil grippedthereby into the space between a selected pair of adjacent teeth of thecomb.

3. A holder for an eyebrow and gray hairconcealing pencil, comprising: aclip adapted for connection to a hair comb having a back piece andspaced teeth, said clip being formed from a single blank of fiatmaterial shaped to include a fiat plate adapted for positioning againstthe side of a comb, and flanges of hook-like crosssection extendingalong one side edge and the respective end edges of the plate andadapted to engage about the back piece and about selected, spaced teethof the comb respectively; and at least one pencil holder carried by theplate of the clip and including pencil-gripping means so arrangedrelativeto the clip as to support a pencil in angular relation withrespect to said plate for extension of the tip of a pencil grippedthereby into the space between a selected pair of adjacent teeth of thecomb.

4. Aholder for an eyebrow and gray hair-concealing pencil, comprising: aclip adapted for connection to a hair comb having a back piece andspaced teeth, said clip being formed from a single blank of flatmaterial shaped to include a flat plate adapted for positioning againstthe side of a comb, and flanges of hook-like crosssection extendingalong one side edge and the respective end edges of the plate andadapted to engage about the back piece and about selected, spaced teethof the comb respectively; and at least one pencil holder carried by theplate of the clip and including pencil-gripping -means so arrangedrelative to the clip as to support a pencil in angular relation withrespect to said plate for extension of the tip of a pencil grippedthereby into the space between a selected pair of adjacent teeth of thecomb, said holder having a fiat portion at one end attached to saidplate,

an elongated intermediate portion extending laterally from the plate,and apencil-engaging clamp at its other end disposed for clampablygripping a pencil in a position in which said pencil is arrangedobliquely to said teeth.

5. A device for supporting a plurality of eyebrow and grayhair-concealing pencils, comprising: a clip adapted for connection to ahair comb having a back piece and spaced teeth, said clip being formedfrom a single blank of fiat material shaped to include a plate andflanges of hook-like cross-section extending along one side edge andalong the respective end edges of the plate, said flanges being adaptedto engage about the back piece and selected, spaced teeth of the comb,respectively; and a pencil holder carried by the plate of the clip andincluding pencilgripping means so arranged relative to the clip as tosupport a plurality of pencils in angular relation to one another forextension of the tips of the pencils gripped thereby into adjacentspaces between selected, adjacent pairs of teeth of the comb, saidpencil-gripping means comprising a plurality of pencil support membersrespectively having flat portions at one end connected to said plate,elongated intermediate portions extending laterally from the plate, andpencil-engaging clamps at their other ends so disposed relative to oneanother and to said plate as to clampably grip a plurality of pencils inpositions in which said pencils are arranged obliquely to said teeth andconverge in the direction of their tips, for extension of said tips intosaid adjacent spaces between the teeth.

PAUL J. KORDISH.

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